Oral reasons for judgment which may be given at the conclusion of the hearing or at a later date are recorded but are not automatically transcribed. A transcript may be ordered, for a fee, by submitting a written request to the registry from which the judgment was delivered.
The request should be directed to the In-Court Technologies department at the relevant registry. The request must state the action number, the full style of cause, the date of judgment and the name of the judge or master. The transcript will be prepared by an authorized transcription company and submitted to the court for review by the judge or master who heard the matter.
The final version will be signed by the judge or master and placed in the court file. A copy of the approved transcript will be provided to the person who requested the transcript.
Original in the Court File The original signed judgment, whether written or a transcribed oral judgment, is kept in a registry file. The judgment in the registry file is the official version of the reasons for judgment.
In the event that there is a question about the content of a judgment, the original in the court file will prevail. High Court judgment delivery statistics for the 12 months ending 31 December [1] The table below shows the percentage of judgments delivered in the High Court within 1 month and 3 months time frames for the 12 months ending 31 December Total judgments delivered. Where a litigant or a lawyer is concerned about a delay in the delivery of a reserved judgment in a case in which they have an interest, they may make an inquiry to the court manager of the court where the matter was heard.
The court manager will make an inquiry as to the likely delivery time and respond to the inquiry in writing.
The court manager will ordinarily be able to advise the inquirer when the judge believes the reserved judgment will be able to be released. The court manager will also advise other parties to the proceedings of any expected date of delivery.
The Chief High Court Judge periodically publishes information about the number of judgments considered to be outstanding beyond a reasonable time for delivery in accordance with section 1 b of the Senior Courts Act The Chief High Court Judge has determined that any judgment that is not delivered within six 6 months of the last day of hearing or receipt of the last submission is outstanding beyond a reasonable time unless extenuating circumstances, making a delay beyond six months not unreasonable, apply.
Court vacations are excluded from the six month period. As at 31 March , the number of judgments outstanding beyond a reasonable time was: 4. During the period from 1 April to 30 September , 12 judgments became outstanding beyond a reasonable time. Sometimes, in the House of Lords, Lordships may write or state the phrase, "take time for consideration," which indicates the same thing. Regardless of the specific way in which the term is conveyed, it refers to the need for more time to make an informed conclusion.
A judge will not make a reserved judgment claim until the case for both sides has been heard. Once the judge has received sufficient information from both counsels, he announces that the verdict is reserved for judgment at a later time.
This phrase simply acknowledges that the decision-making process is about to occur or will continue to occur. Reserved judgment, although most often employed as a legal term, may also be used colloquially to refer to refusal to pass judgment on something.
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